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IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, Appellant v. Evelyn McBride : : : : : : :

No. 946 C.D. 2011 Argued: April 16, 2012

BEFORE: HONORABLE BERNARD L. McGINLEY, Judge HONORABLE P. KEVIN BROBSON, Judge HONORABLE ANNE E. COVEY, Judge OPINION NOT REPORTED MEMORANDUM OPINION BY JUDGE BROBSON FILED: June 19, 2012

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (Authority) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court), dated April 26, 2011. The trial court granted Evelyn McBryde's (Applicant) 1 appeal from the Authority's decision to deny her application for federally subsidized housing benefits and remanded the matter for a new hearing. For the reasons that follow, we reverse. On March 15, 2010, Applicant applied to the Authority for admission into the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8 Program).2
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We note that although the caption of this matter refers to Evelyn "McBride," spelled with an "i," the parties consistently refer to Applicant as Evelyn "McBryde," spelled with a "y." Housing is subsidized by the federal government pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act (Section 8), as amended, 42 U.S.C.

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